Bass' Bridget Archer to actively support 'Yes' campaign for Voice

The Liberal Party has publicly announced its position on the voice debate, where it agrees with constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians but will not support an independent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory voice to parliament.

Instead, it supports local and regional indigenous bodies to facilitate improvements for indigenous Australians.

Liberal leader Peter Dutton said the party would actively campaign against the Voice proposal as the referendum draws close, which will be some time after October this year.

Ms Archer said she would continue to actively support a 'Yes' campaign despite an "overwhelming" majority in the Liberal party room voting no,

She said any reflection that the Liberal party would address the Voice matter differently was redundant.

"We had the opportunity to take this action. We have been talking about it for a long time...We actually had the chance to do something and we didn't."

Ms Archer said indigenous Australians should be consulted on the matters that affect their lives.

"For me there is a moral imperative at this point to support this campaign," Ms Archer said.

"We are going to have a referendum. The Australian people should ultimately have their say and my view would be that the best thing to do is get out of the way of that."

Ms Acher said she is well aware of her opposing view coming with possible negative consequence.

"I've realised, and probably realised the first time that I took a contrary position, that it is 100 per cent not without consequence.

"Even without looking at my own example, you can look to history at members who have done that and look how their career advance has worked out within the Liberal party."

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